From The Chronicle of Higher Ed:
The heavy representation of Asian-Americans among top colleges’ competitive applicants often gets attributed to their culture’s emphasis on educational achievement, but Jennifer Lee, a professor of sociology at the University of California at Irvine, says her research shows such an explanation to be overly simplistic. … The Chronicle asked Ms. Lee about her research findings and how they relate to the debate over race-conscious college admissions.

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